War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 709 The Evacuated Building
"boom"

In a hidden valley in the Ural Mountains, a crisp gunshot ended the peace of the past, and a wolf that sprang out from an abandoned building also turned around and ran away at the same time as the gunshot sounded.

But soon, more wolves emerged from the surrounding abandoned buildings, and Beria, who was standing on a half-track motorcycle, was also hunched over, ready to fight to the death with those beasts that were much bigger than himself. Prepare.

In the driving seat of the half-track motorcycle, Wei Ran sighed, put the 1911 pistol back into the metal book, and replaced it with the Bobosha submachine gun.

"Da-da-da! Da-da-da!"

The huge movement caused by two consecutive bursts hitting an abandoned oil drum startled the wolves that were getting closer and closer, and then, the third burst also hit the inverted mine where the wolf was sitting. in the car.

The huge movement made by the impact of the bullet and the mine cart startled the wolf who thought he was sure of victory, and jumped aside in a way that almost all four limbs were off the ground at the same time.

"boom!"

After another bullet that nearly hit its ass on the ground, the wolf let out an ugly whimper.Immediately, the entire pack of wolves began to retreat in an orderly manner, gradually disappearing into the coniferous forest on the edge of the building complex.

Until the last wolf turned around and ran, Wei Ran also heaved a sigh of relief, and silently put away the weapon in his hand.

The wolf's choice to give up the territory was obviously the right choice, even though they were the real masters here.

Looking at the venison on the sleigh cart behind him, and then at Beria who was still hunched over and growling towards the forest not far away, Wei Ran knew that the bridge between the two sides had already been formed. The wolves must have been thinking about themselves.

"It's a good opportunity."

Wei Ran jumped off the half-track motorcycle, put it into the metal book, rubbed his face vigorously, then took off a glove and bit it in his mouth, took a deep breath, and took out the The latest tracked transporter.

Throwing away the glove he was biting into his mouth, Wei Ran lay on the snow and panted heavily. The fleeting pain just now made his whole body break out in cold sweat, so that he couldn't even make a sound. Can't send it out.

Gathering his breath, Wei Ran tremblingly stretched out his hand to grab Beria's collar, turned over with difficulty and got up.

Taking out the transport vehicle was a plan he had made before he set off, otherwise he wouldn't have insisted on coming here alone.

As for the reason, one is to find gems to provide life security, and the other is to give myself a chance to take a good look at this car. After all, last time I was on the outskirts of Tula Town, I just glanced at it and didn't have time to take a closer look.

However, even if he was prepared, the unbearable pain just now made him full of fear to put away the car in the future.

"I don't know if it has been used for a long time, and will it develop tolerance to pain."

Wei Ran muttered to himself, and even began to wonder if giving himself a shot of anesthesia would have any effect when the transport vehicle was put away next time.

Of course, he just thought about this kind of thing after all. After such a long time of "getting along", he had already figured out the temper of the metal book, and the other party would definitely not let him take advantage of this kind of loophole.

Putting the messy thoughts in his head behind him, Wei Ran, with the help of Beria, dragged the sleigh to the hatch of the cargo hold, threw everything in including the skinned reindeer and locked the door.Only then did he take his dog Beria, who had seen the world, carefully into the gate of the most beautiful building.

Although the quality of these buildings is not bad, most of the windows on each floor remain intact, but the two two-meter-high iron gates on the first floor with a strong smell of urine have already been smashed to the floor superior.

Stepping on the rusty door panel and walking in cautiously, there are all kinds of animal bones everywhere you look.

Looking at the walls on both sides of the hall on the first floor, most of the wall skin has fallen off in pieces, exposing the still solid reinforced concrete structure inside.

Cautiously walked into the nearest room, but it was full of piles of animal feces next to each other.

Reluctantly putting on the mask, Wei Ran turned to the second room.It's a pity that there is no difference here. At a glance, the most common thing is still a large amount of animal feces.

Carefully inspecting each room on the first floor one by one, Wei Ran also found a few interesting things.

The first floor of this building seemed to be used as a toilet by those beasts. Except for the relatively clean corridor, the rooms on both sides were all buried with mines.

On the other hand, the rooms on the second floor were obviously all used as nests. Not only was the flat floor covered with weeds and dead branches from nowhere, but the hygiene level was much improved.

In addition, he also found that in all the rooms on the two floors, except for the floors, doors and windows, there was no furniture at all, and even the door panels were obviously removed.

However, the stairs leading to the third floor of the top floor have completely collapsed due to man-made or time.

Fortunately, although the stairs are gone, it is not too difficult to climb up. Wei Ran just went to the forest outside and chopped a pine log as thick as a thigh, and built it on the collapsed stairwell, then he climbed up to the third floor with ease. .

Compared with the first and second floors, the environment on the top floor of this building is undoubtedly much better. Not only is there only dry dust on the floor, but most of the doors of the rooms on both sides also maintain a complete outline.

However, when he pushed open a door, he found that the inside was also empty, with nothing at all, and even the roof had collapsed, exposing the reinforced concrete rafters inside.

After patiently walking around from room to room, the only thing he found was the portrait of Stalin hanging on the wall of a certain room.

Not to mention disappointed, Wei Ran returned the same way and left the abandoned building, and led Beria slowly to the second building not far away.

Unsurprisingly, there is not much difference between this building and the previous building, only the stage where the stairs lead from the first floor to the second floor has collapsed, and he even found a small section tied to it from the remaining stair handrail. detonating line.

Judging from this small detail alone, the stairs of the remaining buildings must have all been blown up.

Compared with the later period of the Soviet Union, around 1950, the Soviet Union, which had just won World War II, was also struggling, especially in such remote places where the birds didn't shit.So it is normal for them to evacuate the furniture in the building and even remove the door panels.

It doesn't even take a brain to guess that the furniture that was dismantled and moved away may have become the necessities of life in the same abandoned military base a few kilometers away.

But what does blowing up the stairs mean?
Wei Ran looked down at Beria who was sticking out his tongue and wagging his tail at him, thinking that it might not be to prevent wild animals.Otherwise, just block the door, right?

Although I didn't want to understand this question, it didn't delay Wei Ran's stroll from floor to floor.

Before the sky darkened, he also took Beria back to the living cabin of the transport vehicle.After walking around for half the afternoon, he only walked through five buildings in total, not even a third of the building complex.

But these five buildings without exception evacuated everything and blew up the stairs.There are even two buildings, the stairs from the first floor to the third floor are completely blown up.

In order to be able to climb up, he also had to find a way from the bare outer wall of the building.Because of this, he wasted a lot of time.

But after this search, apart from Stalin's head hanging in the meeting room on the top floor of each building, and animal feces and bones in every building, the additional findings are really lacklustre.

According to the agreement, Sui Sui and Ji Ma were informed of their safety by satellite phone.Wei Ran, who had had enough rest, took advantage of the last glimmer of light before dark, and went around the cab and the cargo hold respectively. By the way, he also watered the apple tree planted in the cab and charged the price Service charge for an apple.

Objectively speaking, although the fruit taste of this apple is not amazing, it is far better than the original version in old Ivan's transport truck.

Before leaving the cab, he casually touched behind the dashboard, but unfortunately, there was no Makarov silent pistol that he thought would exist there.

On the contrary, in the cargo hold, not only are there various canned foods that I have seen before, but now there are many more fruits and vegetables, as well as frozen beef and fish.Of course, the most is still a case of different types of alcoholic beverages.

Randomly took a large plastic bottle of beer, a few vegetables, some hard frozen fish and two pieces of beef the size of a fist, and finally carried a big Lieba, Wei Ran strolled back to the living cabin .

Different from that winter night in 1991, this time Wei Ran was able to enjoy this much more comfortable living cabin by himself, so naturally he couldn't make do with food.

First cook the two large pieces of beef prepared for Beria, Wei Ran slowly took out a pack of Chinese seasoning prepared by Ji Ma, and cooked himself a large pot of stewed fish in tomato sauce. Put it in the steamer.

He actually prefers the soft texture after heating with steam, rather than making this unpalatable big Lieba crispy, because it tastes somewhat similar to steamed buns.

During the time before the dinner was cooked, Wei Ran took off his clothes and sat in the barrel bathtub rather unreceptively.He had already been thinking about this thing when he first went to the Agni Field Rescue Station, and now he had the opportunity to enjoy it.

And outside the bathroom, Beria also lay on the warm solid wood floor, staring longingly at the small stainless steel pot that was steaming with steam. There was not only Lieba that Wei Ran had just put in it, but also Two large pieces of beef that made it drool.

When the night completely enveloped the No. 52 mine site, Wei Ran was finally willing to leave the wooden bathtub and put the prepared meals on the table. By the way, he also cooled the boiled beef belonging to Beria in cold water and cut it into pieces. Suitable for the size of the lower mouth, the plate was placed on the floor.

For the sake of concealment, he didn't turn on the searchlights around the car roof, but the warm light from the car windows still cast a few rectangular spots of light on the snow.

In the forest further away, the pack of wolves driven away by Wei Ran carefully returned to their lair where they had lived for generations after repeated temptations. With their big moist noses, they smelled the wolves from the direction of the living cabin. Floating, they have never smelled the aroma of food.

(End of this chapter)